MEANING OF CREATIVITY Creativity is a very precious and unique quality in an individual that enables him to solve complicated problems in different walks of life. In the field of education, it plays a significant role. Consequently, one of
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MEANING OF CREATIVITY
Creativity is a very precious and unique quality in an individual that enables him to solve complicated problems in different walks of life.
In the field of education, it plays a significant role. Consequently, one of the most important functions of education is to develop the creative abilities among children to the fullest possible extent.<br>
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DEFINITIONS OF CREATIVITY
The term creativity have been defined in many ways. Some of these definitions are as follows:
Stagner and Karwoski (1973):
Creativity implies the production of ‘totally or partially’ novel identity.
J.E. Drevdahl (1956):
Creativity is the capacity of a person to produce compositions, products or ideas which are essentially new or novel and previously unknown to the producer.<br>
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NATURE OF CREATIVITY
Creativity is universal:
Creativity is not confined to any individual, group of individuals, caste, colour or creed. It is universal and is not bound by the barriers of age, location or culture.
Creativity produces something new or novel:
Creativity denotes the ability of a person to produce something new or novel.<br>
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Creativity depends more on divergent thinking:
The creative person is always prepared to adopt new attitude, open thinking, originality and flexibility.
Creativity carries ego involvement:
There is complete involvement of one’s ego in the creative expression. One’s individuality and identity are totally merged in one’s creation.<br>
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PROCESS OF CREATIVITY:
Many psychologists and scholars have done extensive studies on the creative process in an effort to understand it. On the basis of the findings of these studies, we can say that the process of creativity consists of five stages such as preparation, incubation, inspiration, revision and verification.<br>
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PRODUCT OF CREATIVITY:
Creativity investigated, understood and identified through the outcome of the process of creation. How creative one is, can thus be determined through one’s output in the form of ideas, works of art, scientific theories, or even building designs.<br>
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Telford and Sawrey (1977) and Mackinnon (1978) have proposed following two criteria for a creative product or creative thinking such as originality or novelty and relevance or appropriateness as the two main criteria for judging a creative product.
In addition to these necessary conditions, a creative product must be aesthetically pleasing and give joy and satisfaction to the producer as well as the user.<br>
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The creative product must fulfill the following conditions:
# A product of creativity must have originality or novelty.
# It must have relevance or appropriateness as the two main criteria.
# A creative product must be aesthetically pleasing.
# It should provide new perspectives in some areas of human experience.<br>
